Sweet Potato Pie

George Shirley wrote:
> zxcvbob wrote:
>> Shadowdog wrote:
>>> On Nov 9, 10:31 am, zxcvbob <zxcv...@charter.net> wrote:
>>>> Shadowdog wrote:
>>>>> Which is better for sweet potato pie, sweet potatoes or yams?
>>>> As Jill said, anything you buy in the US (without going to a specialty
>>>> market) called a "yam" is really a sweet potato. The terms are used
>>>> interchangeably.
>>>>
>>>> Bob
>>>
>>> In the stores around here, they sell a yellow tuber which they call a
>>> sweet potato and an orange tuber which they call a yam. I know they
>>> are related and what we call yams are not true yams. But in cooking I
>>> have found the yellow "sweet potato" to be drier without much
>>> sweetness and the orange "yam" to be much sweeter. Which is the
>>> traditional version used in making pies. I usually use the yellow
>>> skinned one in cooking sweet potato and apple cassaroles, but think it
>>> would be too dry for the pie.
>>
>>
>> Traditional is whichever you have available :-) I would probably use
>> the dark orange or reddish ones if I had a choice.
>>
>> Bob
>
> Here's the truth behind the sweet potato/yam name.
>
> http://www.foodreference.com/html/lo...-potatoes.html
>
> It was all a marketing ploy from about 70 years ago or more in Louisiana.

Interesting. Thanks for posting the link.

--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.

"gloria.p" <gpuester@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> zxcvbob wrote:
>> Shadowdog wrote:
>>> Which is better for sweet potato pie, sweet potatoes or yams?
>>
>>
>> As Jill said, anything you buy in the US (without going to a specialty
>> market) called a "yam" is really a sweet potato. The terms are used
>> interchangeably.
>>
>> Bob
>
>
> Y'all are being deliberately dense. He's obviously referring to yellow
> vs. dark orange sweet potatoes.
>
> gloria p



I've never seen a yellow sweet potato.

Jill

On Mon 09 Nov 2009 07:15:29p, jmcquown told us...

> "gloria.p" <gpuester@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:hd9vgt$b5p$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>> zxcvbob wrote:
>>> Shadowdog wrote:
>>>> Which is better for sweet potato pie, sweet potatoes or yams?
>>>
>>>
>>> As Jill said, anything you buy in the US (without going to a specialty
>>> market) called a "yam" is really a sweet potato. The terms are used
>>> interchangeably.
>>>
>>> Bob
>>
>>
>> Y'all are being deliberately dense. He's obviously referring to yellow
>> vs. dark orange sweet potatoes.
>>
>> gloria p
>
>
>
> I've never seen a yellow sweet potato.
>
> Jill
>
>

I have. They used to appear with some frequency in NE Ohio markets. They
were drier, stringier, and not as sweet.

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jmcquown wrote:
> "gloria.p" <gpuester@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:hd9vgt$b5p$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>
>> zxcvbob wrote:
>>
>>> Shadowdog wrote:
>>>
>>>> Which is better for sweet potato pie, sweet potatoes or yams?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> As Jill said, anything you buy in the US (without going to a
>>> specialty market) called a "yam" is really a sweet potato. The terms
>>> are used interchangeably.
>>>
>>> Bob
>>
>>
>>
>> Y'all are being deliberately dense. He's obviously referring to
>> yellow vs. dark orange sweet potatoes.
>>
>> gloria p
>
>
>
>
> I've never seen a yellow sweet potato.
>
> Jill

We can get ones that are white on the inside here in California, the
elderly relative, tough a big yam fan don't like the white yams.

Same skin color on the outside you have to scratch them to determine
whether they are white or orange colored on the inside.
--

Mr. Joseph Littleshoes Esq.

Domine, dirige nos.
Let the games begin!
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zxcvbob wrote:
> Shadowdog wrote:
>> On Nov 9, 10:31 am, zxcvbob <zxcv...@charter.net> wrote:
>>> Shadowdog wrote:
>>>> Which is better for sweet potato pie, sweet potatoes or yams?
>>> As Jill said, anything you buy in the US (without going to a specialty
>>> market) called a "yam" is really a sweet potato. The terms are used
>>> interchangeably.
>>>
>>> Bob
>>
>> In the stores around here, they sell a yellow tuber which they call a
>> sweet potato and an orange tuber which they call a yam. I know they
>> are related and what we call yams are not true yams. But in cooking I
>> have found the yellow "sweet potato" to be drier without much
>> sweetness and the orange "yam" to be much sweeter. Which is the
>> traditional version used in making pies. I usually use the yellow
>> skinned one in cooking sweet potato and apple cassaroles, but think it
>> would be too dry for the pie.
>
>
> Traditional is whichever you have available :-) I would probably use
> the dark orange or reddish ones if I had a choice.
>
> Bob

Over here, using Okinawan sweet potatoes, that would be purple.

http://keikikakes.com/Pies%201.htm

"Wayne Boatwright" <wayneboatwright@arizona.usa.com> wrote in message
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>>
>>
>>
>> I've never seen a yellow sweet potato.
>>
>> Jill
>>
>>
>
> I have. They used to appear with some frequency in NE Ohio markets. They
> were drier, stringier, and not as sweet.
>
> --
>
> ~~ If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it. ~~
>
> ~~ A mind is a terrible thing to lose. ~~
>
> ************************************************** ********
>
> Wayne Boatwright
>


There was something like that at out Kroger here in Houston. I bought one
and baked it. It was very good. I love those maroon carrots that used to
appear but haven't seen them in awhile. They are good.